IBM WEA L2 - Lotus Domino 5.012 Installation

Lotus Domino Server 5.012 Installation And Configuration

This web page describes how to install and configure the Lotus Domino Server version 5.012.

Lotus Domino Server Installat ion
Configuring Lotus Domino Server
Install Administrative Client
Start Lotus Domino Server
Obtain Admin ID File
Starting Domino Client

Lotus Domino Server Installation

1) Obtain software from "zeitouni5" (i.e. "net use * \\zeitouni5\rushsoft" and use their password).

2) Change directories to "*:\Dominos\Domino 5.0.12", and execute "C47M1NA.exe"

3) In the "Lotus Domino - InstallShield Wizard" Welcome panel, click "Next".

4) Accept the License Agreement by clicking "Yes".

5) For the Company Name field, enter something and click "Next" ("Partitioned Server Installation" not selected).

6) In the "Destination Folder" panel, accept the defaults and click "Next".

7) In the "type of Setup" panel, select "Domino Application Server" ("Domino Mail Server only" is also an option), then click "Next".

8) In the Program Folders panel, accept the default and click "Next" (wait a minth).

9) In the "Setup of Notes is complete" panel, click "Finish".

Configuring Lotus Domino Server

1) From the Windows "Start", "Programs", "Lotus Applications", click on "Lotus Domino Server" (wait a minth).

2) In the "Create a New Domino Server" panel, select "First Domino Server" and click the ">" arrow at the top of the panel.

3) In the "Select a Setup Method" panel, select "Advanced Configuration", then click the ">" arrow at the top of the panel (also available was "Quick and Easy Configuration").

4) In the "Server Audience" panel, select Additional Services "Calender Connector", "Schedule Manager", "Event Manager", and "Statistics", Web Browsers "HTTP" (and you should select "Both Mail and Applications", and "IIOP", Internet Mail Packages "IMAP", "POP3", and "SMTP", Internet Directory Services "LDAP", News Readers "NNTP", NOT SELECTED were Enterprise Connection Services and "Domino Off Line Services", then click the ">" arrow at the top of the panel. (Note that if you do not include IIOP and HTTP in this step, dependant upon how you wish to connect to WEA, you might have to configure your Domino server to do this later).

5) In the "Administration Settings" panel, for the Organization Identity section's "Domain Name" field enter "pvcwea", the "Certifier Name" field enter "pvcwea", nothing in Certifier Country, select Certifier ID, "Allow Setup to create new certifier ID", and "Certifier Password" enter "adminwea". In the New Server Identity section's "Server Name" field, enter the same as the box name (i.e "imabox"), and the "Server's Hostname" field should already be filled in (i.e. "imabox.raleigh.ibm.com"). In the Administrator's Identity section, only fill in the "Last" field and enter "admin" in that field, and in the "Password" field, enter the value "adminwea", and select "Allow Setup to create new Administrator ID". For the Network Options section, accept the default ("Use all available ports"), and for Communications Port Options section accept the defaults ("None" and "Auto configure.."), then click the "Finish" button at the top of the panel (wait a minth).

6) When the "Congratulations" panel is displayed reflecting the successfull completion, note the "Identifications and Passwords" section states the IDs (Server's ID "server.id" and Certifier ID = "cert.id"), and are located in the "C:\Lotus\Domino\Data" directory. The Administrator's ID ("user.id") "is located in the Domino directory on the server" (both passwords in this panel should reflect "adminwea"), then click "Exit Configuration".

Install Administrative Client

1) On the Domino Server machine, obtain software from "zeitouni5" (i.e. "net use * \\zeitouni5\rushsoft" and use their password).

2) Change directories to "*:\Dominos\Domino 5.0.12\Designer and Admin", and execute "C4806NA.exe".

3) In the "Lotus Notes Installation Release 5.0.12" GUI's "Welcome" panel click "Next".

4) In the License Agreement panel agree by clicking "Yes".

5) In the "Company" "Name" field enter "PVCWEA", and in the "Company" enter "IBM", then click "Next" (do not select "Shared Installation).

6) In the "Installation Folder" panel accept the defaults and click "Next".

7) In the "Type of Setup" panel, select "All Clients" then click "Next".

8) In the Program Folder" panel, accept the default and click "Next".

9) Wait a minth and watch the "SUPER.HUMAN.SOFTWARE" install.

10) In the "Setup of Notes is complete" panel, if you have no life then register, otherwise click "Finish".

Start Lotus Domino Server

(You might want to setup the Lotus Domino service to automatically start)

1) From Windows "Start", "Programs", "Lotus Applications", and click on "Lotus Domino Server". Wait a minth.

Obtain Admin ID File

1) Using a Web interface, connect to your Domino Server machine (i.e. "<yourhostname>/webadmin.nsf" (in this example "imabox.raleigh.ibm.com/webadmin.nsf")).

2) You will be prompted for ID and password entered above ("admin" and "adminwea"), enter and click "OK".

3) On the left side of the panel click "Directories", and the Directories panel will be displayed in the right panel. Click on "People" (if you get a security warning panel, click "Yes")

4) In the People table, double click on "admin" and on the bottom click on "UserID" and save it somewhere (i.e. "c:\Lotus\Domino\Data"), (name it "admin.id").

5) In the next section you will use this ID file when you start the admin client.

Starting Domino Client

1) From Windows "Start", "Programs", "Lotus Applications", and click on "Lotus Domino Administrator".

2) The "Domino Administrator" panel will be displayed. In the "Lotus Notes Client Configuration" panel, "Setting up Connections" panel, click "Next".

3) In the "Do you want to Connect to a Domino Server" panel, select "I want to connect to a Domino Server", then click "Next".

4) In the "How Do You Want to Connect to a Domino Server" panel, select "Set up a connection to a local area network", then click "Next".

5) In the "Domino Server Name" panel, for the "Domino Server name" field, enter "imabox" (from step 5 in section Configuring Lotus Domino Server above).

6) In the "Who Are You" panel, select the option "My Notes User ID has been supplied to me in a file" option, and browse to "C:\Lotus\Domino\Data" and select the "admin.id" (from step 4 in previous section Obtain Admin ID File ), then click "Next".

7) In the "Domino Administrator" popup querying whether to copy to the file to your data directory, click "Yes". You will be queried for your admin password entered in a previous section ("adminwea"), then click OK

8) If successful, information reflecting your connection is now setup should be displayed, click "Next". (or, in the "Connecting to a Domino Server over a LAN" panel, select "Next" (you have successfully connected)).

9) In the "Set Up an Internet Mail Account" panel, select "I dont want to create an Internet mail account", then click "Next".

10) In the "Connect to a News Server" panel, select "I dont want to connect to a news server", then click 'Next".

11) In the "Connect to a Internet Directory Server", select "I dont want to...", then click "Next".

12) In the "Connect through a proxy Server", select "I do not connect to the Internet through a proxy server", then click "Next".

13) In the "Internet Connection Type" panel, select "Connect over local area network..", then click "Next".

14) In the "Congratulations" panel click on "Finish".

15) A note should appear stating "Notes setup is complete", however, lotsa other stuff occurs (wait a minth)

16) The author got a "Domino Administrator" popup stating "Notes Error - Specified comand is not available from the workspace", and clicked "OK", then more churn.

Create User(s)

1) From Windows "Start", "Programs", "Lotus Applications", and click on "Lotus Domino Administrator". (if presented with the "Choose User ID to Switch To" dialog box is displayed, select the "admin.id" from previous steps, then click "Open"). When queried for the password, enter the appropriate value (i.e. "adminwea").

2) The "Welcome to Domino Administrator R5 - Domino Administrator" panel, select the "Administration" tab.

3) In the "Administration - Domino Administrator" window, in the right side of the panel, click on the ">" People item and select "Register".

2) You will then be prompted to register with your cert.id created earlier (use the certifier password from above). You might be prompted informing you of no "recovery information", click "No" in this popup to eliminate this warning from occurring in the future.

3) In the "Register Person" panel, select the "Advanced" item, and on the left side of the panel, click on "Basics", and fill in the "First Name" (i.e. "Bubba"), the "Last Name" (i.e. "Rubba") (the "short name" will be filled in automatically, but change the case to lower case if it's not already). In the"Password" field, enter a password (i.e. "brubba"), select "Set internet password", and for the "Internet address", enter the appropriate value (i.e. "brubba@imabox.raleigh.ibm.com").

4) On the left side of the panel, click on "Mail". In the"Mail file template", select the type of template you wish (i.e. "Mail (R5.0)"), the "Mail system" should be "Lotus Notes", the "Mail file name" should be "mail\brubba", and the "Mail file owner access" should be "Manager". The "Create file now" option should be selected (if you wish you can set database size quota in megabytes, etc.)

5) On the left side of the panel, click on "ID Info", and for the "Location for storing user ID", select both "In Domino Directory" and "In file: C:\Lotus\Notes\Data\ids\people\brubba.id", then click "Add Person".

6) At the bottom of the panel, click "Register". Once the new user is registered a popup will appear stating successful, click "OK".

You can repeat these steps to create additional users, and when done, click "Done".

(you must click "View" and select "Refresh" to update the screen to include the new user).

Additional Domino Configuration For WEA

1) From Windows "Start", "Programs", "Lotus Applications", and click on "Lotus Domino Administrator". (if presented with the "Choose User ID to Switch To" dialog box is displayed, select the "admin.id" from previous steps, then click "Open"). When queried for the password, enter the appropriate value (i.e. "adminwea").

2) The "Welcome to Domino Administrator R5 - Domino Administrator" panel, select the "Administration" tab.

3) Click on the "Configuration" tab.

4) In the left side of the panel, scope down from "Server", and select "Current Server Document".

5) In the middle of the panel, click "Edit Server", and click on the "Security" tab.

(For the following step, you can enter either user names, groups, or a "*" in the "Run (un)restricted..... " fields. The asterisk is a wildcard that gives everyone access)

6) In the "Java/Com Restrictions" section, for the "Run restricted Java/Javascript/COM" and "Run unrestricted Java/Javascript/COM" fields, change the value to an askterisk ("*", with no quotes), then click "Save and Close".

7) Exit Administrator.

8) In the Domion Dos window, type "exit" to stop, then restart the Domino server for changes to take affect.

At this point, you should be able to configure your WEA IIOP portlets to use the above created users.